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Parfait Eloundou-Enyegue: Leading global conversation on population and development
Demographic shifts throughout sub-Saharan Africa are reshaping the continent. One in five Africans are now between the ages of 15 and 24. This generation of more than 200 million people – known by demographers as Africa’s “youth bulge” – raises critical social questions: what can be done to harness the energy and talents of this generation to promote social equity and economic growth, and what can global policy do to take advantage of surging population trends?
“Every country reaches this point in history just once,” says Parfait Eloundou-Enyegue, professor of global development in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and a leading scholar of the demographic dividend. “We are in a unique time where African countries can make a major leap forward, should policies take advantage of these emerging population trends.”
Cameroonian youth gather for educational classes at PICHNET focused on professional, personal, domestic and community service development. Parfait Eloundou-Enyegue: Leading the global conversation on population and development
May 11, 2021
Demographic shifts throughout sub-Saharan Africa are reshaping the continent. One in five Africans are now between the ages of 15 and 24. This generation of more than 200 million people known by demographers as Africa’s “youth bulge” raises critical social questions: what can be done to harness the energy and talents of this generation to promote social equity and economic growth, and what can global policy do to take advantage of surging population trends?